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Summary

Key Benefit:Controlling Stress and Tensiontakes a multifaceted, holistic approach to stress management. The first part of the book discusses the stress problem and our potential for achieving solutions to it. The next chapters examine potential stress-producing elements in everyday life. The remainder of the book offers techniques for alleviating stress and tension. Personal journal activities and self-assessments placed throughout the book encourage readers to apply the concepts they have learned to themselves. Key Topics:Stress, Stressors and Stress Management, Systems That Control Stress Arousal, The Bodyrs"s Response to Stress, The Human Spirit, Stressful Emotions, Thoughts, and Beliefs, Patterns of Behavior, Demands and Expectations, Stress and the Human Environment Interaction, Stress in Relationships, The Stress of Terrorism and Trauma, Stress in the Workplace, Breathing and Relaxation, Muscle Relaxation, Autogenics and Visual Imagery, Yoga and Stretch-Relaxation, Meditation, Stress Reduction through Physical Activity, Your Personal Stress Management Plan Market:Intended for those interested in learning the basics of stress management.

Author Biography

Dorothy Dusek, PhD, has been professor at San Francisco State, Worcester State College, the University of Maryland, University of Utah, University of Wyoming, and Metropolitan State College in Denver. She has written over 30 books on the topics of nutrition, fitness, stress management, weight management, smoking cessation, health counseling, behavior change, communication, psychosomatic medicine, and others. She has a private counseling practice in Winter Park Colorado.

Daniel Girdano, PhD, has held the position of professor at the Universities of Maryland, Utah, Wyoming, Texas A & M, Boston University, and The Pennsylvania State University. He is currently professor and faculty mentor for Walden University. As director of the psychophysiology research laboratory at the University of Maryland he used research in biofeedback, counseling, and relaxation training to pioneer the comprehensive study of stress management. He has authored or co-authored 40 health and fitness textbooks and over 50 articles.

George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP is Professor of Psychology, Loyola College in Maryland, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Table of Contents

Stress, Stressors and Stress Managemen?

Systems That Control Stress Arousa?

The Body s Response to Stres?

The Human Spiri?

Stressful Emotions, Thoughts, and Belief?

Patterns of Behavio?

Demands and Expectation?

Stress and the Human Environment Interactio?

Stress in Relationship?

The Stress of Terrorism and Traum?

Stress in the Workplac?

Breathing and Relaxatio?

Muscle Relaxatio?

Autogenics and Visual Imager?

Yoga and Stretch-Relaxatio?

Meditation Stress Reduction through Physical Activit?

Your Personal Stress Management Plan

The World Wide Web

Ethical Perspectives on Pornography

Censorship

Freedom of Expression

Children and the Web

Breaking Trust on the Internet

Internet Addiction

Intellectual Property

Introduction

Intellectual Property Rights

Protecting Intellectual Property

Fair Use

New Restrictions on Use

Peer-to-Peer Networks

Protections for Software

Open-Source Software

Legitimacy of Intellectual Property Protection for Software

Creative Commons

Privacy

Introduction

Perspectives on Privacy

Disclosing Information

Public Information

U.S. Legislation

Public Records

Covert Government Surveillance

U.S. Legislation Authorizing Wiretapping

Data Mining

Identity Theft

Encryption

Computer and Network Security

Introduction

Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses

Phreaks and Hackers

Denial-of-Service Attacks

Online Voting

Computer Reliability

Introduction

Data-Entry or Data-Retrieval Errors

Software and Billing Errors

Notable Software System Failures

Therac-25

Computer Simulations

Software Engineering

Software Warranties

Professional Ethics

Introduction

Is Software Engineering a Profession?

Software Engineering Code of Ethics

Analysis of the Code

Case Studies

Whistleblowing

Work and Wealth

Introduction

Automation and Unemployment

Workplace Changes

Globalization

The Digital Divide

The Winner-Take-All Society

Access to Public Colleges

Appendix A Plagiarism

System Physiology The Digestive System Exercise

Anatomy of the Digestive System Exercise 39A

Exercise

Anatomy of the Urinary System Exercise 41A

Urinalysis The Reproductive System, Development, and Heredity

Exercise

Anatomy of the Reproductive System Exercise

Physiology of Reproduction: Gametogenesis and the Female Cycles Exercise